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Monday, November 10, 2014

Vatican City, 10 November 2014 (VIS) –
On Friday, 7 November, the Holy Father Francis received in a private
audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation
for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the Congregation
to promulgate decrees on the heroic virtues of the following Servants
of God:

- Ildebrando Gregori (ne Alfredo
Antonio), Italian abbot general of the Sylvestrine Congregation of
the Benedictine Order and founder of the Congregation of the
Reparatrix Sisters of the Holy Face (1894-1985);

- Raimondo Calcagno, Italian priest of
the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri (1888-1964);

- John Sullivan, Irish professed priest
of the Society of Jesus (1861-1933);

- Pelagio Sauter, German professed
priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (1878-1961);

- Jeanne Mance, French laywoman and
foundress of the Hotel-Dieu in Montreal (1606-1673);

- Marthe Robin, French laywoman and
foundress of the Association Foyers de Charite (1902-1981);